UTEC Partnership in Saudi Arabia
UTEC Survey Asia, a Geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, has entered a strategic agency agreement with Front End, a 100% Saudi-owned company providing advanced products and solutions to the offshore energy industry.This partnership strengthens UTEC’s presence in the Saudi Arabian energy and geoscience subsea survey market, with Front End as its partner.Front End’s companies specialize in renewable energy, oil field services, information and communication technology, building materials, infrastructure, industrial, maritime services and manpower supply for diverse
TerraSond Wins NOAA Contract
. Thomas Newman, President, TerraSond, said, “Through our NOAA contracts, we have been performing comprehensive site characterization for safety of navigation purposes for over 20 years. As part of the Acteon Group, we are now offering this experience alongside Benthic’s geotechnical and UTEC’s survey and positioning services. Acteon provides customers with a comprehensive site characterization solution for large work scopes. Using a single provider enables the early integration of geophysical and geotechnical surveys, which can help to reduce costs, enhance efficiency, develop a
Acteon Acquires Proserv’s Field Technology Services
facilities of the FTS business, which offers cutting, friction stud welding and pipeline maintenance services from bases in Stavanger (Norway), Houma (USA), Singapore and Aberdeen (UK), will be integrated into Acteon under the Claxton brand. The survey business unit will join Acteon’s existing UTEC Survey business, an independent global surveying company.Richard Higham, Acteon’s chief executive, said, “This a fantastic opportunity to join two complementary businesses together, firstly by adding capabilities and capacity to our UTEC Survey offering and secondly by rapid globalization
3D at Depth Expands
and Scandinavian customer base from the Kingswells office located just outside of Aberdeen, Scotland. Ellis brings a wealth of experience with a career that spans over 21 years’ in the offshore oil and gas industry. Over this period, he has held onshore and offshore positions with Subsea 7, UTEC Survey, Nautronix and latterly Proserv where he acted as the Survey Operations Manager. His expertise in the hydrographic survey, acoustic positioning, inertial navigation and data processing areas, will support the advancement and commercialization of new technologies to meet client's needs within
Smith Named Head of UTEC
Paul Smith has been appointed group managing director at off- and onshore survey company UTEC Survey, part of subsea services group Acteon.Smith took over from previous managing director Stuart Cameron on August 20 and will lead UTEC from its headquarters within the Acteon building in Aberdeen, U.K.Since joining Acteon in 2011, Smith has undertaken a variety of commercial and operational roles. He was most recently responsible for the day-to-day management of UTEC’s operations worldwide. He has been a member of UTEC’s senior management team since 2016.
UTEC Comes up Big Offshore
Offshore and onshore survey provider UTEC Survey says it has completed a significant ROV navigation and seismic node positioning project in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The project, carried out for seismic nodal technology company FairfieldNodal and undertaken in 2,425 meters of water, involved use of the latest software and navigation technologies available to simplify operations, increase cost savings on an original scope of work, provide greater precision, increase efficiencies and thereby reduce job time. UTEC conducted the project using a combination of acoustics and inertial
GEOxyz Names GM to Lead New UK Location
of dedicated vessels and utilizing vessels of opportunity. The new U.K. base will be focused on global oil and gas exploration and maintenance in addition to home markets. Cashmore, who launched her career as an offshore Geophysicist at Gardline in 1996, has held senior positions at UTEC Survey, RPS Energy and most recently as Operations Director at Calecore and Survey Manager at Alcatel Submarine Networks. Cashmore has a deep understanding of offshore site investigation; data integration and reporting and delivering complex and logistically challenging survey campaigns across
UTEC Announces Management Changes
UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, has announced the strengthening of its management team in Australia to further enhance the company’s client-focused approach. Former UTEC Survey Australia Operations Manager Mick Elmslie has taken on the role of Business Development Manager, and the position of Operations Manager has been filled thanks to the recruitment of Paul Barry. Elmslie joined UTEC in 2010 as a Project Manager before becoming Operations Manager in 2013. In his time as Operations Manager, Elmslie has been involved in the significant growth of UTEC’s Australian division and has
UTEC Appoints New Head of Finance
UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, has announced the appointment of Caroline McGovern as its new Head of Finance. Before joining UTEC, Caroline was the CFO for MOL Energy UK where she was a founding director of the business which grew to comprise ownership of 20 North Sea exploration and production licenses. Prior to that, Caroline was Finance Manager for EnQuest PLC, where she spent four years leading and supporting the finance function through their initial IPO listing on the U.K. stock market, and the company’s subsequent asset consolidation and growth period. C
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